[ Regulatory & Policy ] as a Relevant Course outside SLS for those interested in Public Policy : Students interested in the fields of energy and climate change will want to select one or more courses that address both scientific research and strategic options concerned with energy sources and the causes and consequences of climate change. This course reviews the Conference of the Parties (COP) system and the history of earlier COPs, including the Kyoto Protocol.

General course
Description:

Topics include the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process from 1992 Rio meeting, Article 2 of the UNFCCC to avoid ""dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system"", the Conference of the Parties (COP) system, the history of earlier COPs including the Kyoto Protocol, the non-governmental organizations side events at each COP, the massive media presence, and the mainstream players and their likely positions. Class will be organized into small groups to represent the main players and debate the Copenhagen Protocol from the point of view of those groups. Lectures on the legal, historic, political, and media aspects of COPs.

Course Style: A Substantive course teaches the law, theory, and policy in a particular area of law